Team for the SCG test

[Vijy]

17 minutes ago, singhvivek141 said:

Lol...

Akashdeep who in general is a super fit bowler is now deemed unfit.

Same happened with Kuldeep Sen, back issue and now he has vanished from the surface of cricket.

 

Hope that doesn't happen with Akashdeep.

 

But this is Indian Cricket...bowlers are treated like trash bag, specially inexperienced ones who don't have any godfather and had toiled hard to climb through ranks....

"unfit" vs being genuinely unfit. I bet he's been dropped

[Suhaan]

https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia-vs-india-cricket-2024-who-is-beau-webster-background-experience-highlights-mitchell-marsh-replacement/news-story/0356d0d98bb08155421de45a4baa8e0d

 

 

 

 

Edited January 2, 2025 by Suhaan

[saransh]

Rohit might get dropped let's see. Lolhi will play for sure

[Lone Wolf]

2 hours ago, Strangering said:

RoKo PR will drop 20cr in Gambhir's wife's offshore account. They can't be touched. There is simply WAY too much money riding on those two and more specifically Kohli. 

 

Besides, how lovely does that stadium look? Indian stadiums are still in 1950s despite the money. Shame. 

What money exactly? There is literally no comparison of Australia & India.

The difference in infrastructure and HDI is something like India with South Sudan.

Cricket money is peanuts literally when it comes to HDI and per capita income difference.

Australia is one of the richest countries in the world and India is still third world.

[Nikhil_cric]

Beau Webster makes them a very strong side in terms of balance.  

[diga]

26 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said:

Beau Webster makes them a very strong side in terms of balance.  

Looks like an ugraded version of Colin "funky" miller.. if people know him from 2000s

[lemsip]

3 hours ago, Vijy said:

"unfit" vs being genuinely unfit. I bet he's been dropped

I think it is most likely the case of bowlers coming out domestic cricket and IPL not being used to test match workloads in consecutive tests.  I think Akashdeep looks generally pretty fit so it is more likely a tweak. he was going off field for treatment during the bowling spells as well.

Harshit Rana did not appear that fit. he started spells well but ran out of steam by the time he was getting into his second and third and spells and started spraying the ball around wildly. So I think if he plays, the combination of him and Siraj could mean lots of easy runs on offer if the Aussies manage to drag the innings long.

[Nikhil_cric]

2 hours ago, diga said:

Looks like an ugraded version of Colin "funky" miller.. if people know him from 2000s

Much superior to Funky Miller. 

[Lord]

4 hours ago, Lone Wolf said:

What money exactly? There is literally no comparison of Australia & India.

The difference in infrastructure and HDI is something like India with South Sudan.

Cricket money is peanuts literally when it comes to HDI and per capita income difference.

Australia is one of the richest countries in the world and India is still third world.

 

But stadiums are built by BCCI no?

[Strangering]

4 hours ago, Lone Wolf said:

What money exactly? There is literally no comparison of Australia & India.

The difference in infrastructure and HDI is something like India with South Sudan.

Cricket money is peanuts literally when it comes to HDI and per capita income difference.

Australia is one of the richest countries in the world and India is still third world.

You spit facts. I agree 100%

India as a whole is absolutely a 3rd world. The current government has done a targeted job in reducing the visibility to the poor and undeveloped aspects of the country. 

 

All that said, it is still possible for a country to thrive in pockets. BCCI has ungodly money. IPL alone is churning out only 2nd most revenue after the NFL. And I guarantee that NFL has higher cost and lesser bottom line. NFL stadiums are on another planet in that regard. 

[Arvind32]

4 hours ago, Lone Wolf said:

What money exactly? There is literally no comparison of Australia & India.

The difference in infrastructure and HDI is something like India with South Sudan.

Cricket money is peanuts literally when it comes to HDI and per capita income difference.

Australia is one of the richest countries in the world and India is still third world.

There is a lot of talent in India . If team is picked purely on talent . India will beat Australia in hands down . The problem with indian cricket is will to give chances to new talent . Oldies can fail continuously for a year and still get selected . Even better they can be a captain of the side . 

[Number]

Confirmed

 

Rohit dropped

Bumrah to lead 

Prasidh Krishna will replace Akash

KL back to open-Gill at 3

Pant will play 

[lemsip]

3 minutes ago, Number said:

Confirmed

 

Rohit dropped

Bumrah to lead 

Prasidh Krishna will replace Akash

KL back to open-Gill at 3

Pant will play 

Confirmed by whom ?

[saransh]

5 minutes ago, Number said:

Confirmed

 

Rohit dropped

Bumrah to lead 

Prasidh Krishna will replace Akash

KL back to open-Gill at 3

Pant will play 

Should play Harshit in place of Prasidh. Prasidh is a certified loser.

[Number]

3 minutes ago, lemsip said:

Confirmed by whom ?

Indian express - Devendra Pandey. Never seen him go wrong.

[lemsip]

1 minute ago, Number said:

Indian express - Devendra Pandey. Never seen him go wrong.

Ok. If true that's a step in the right direction. The backup bowling of Siraj+Prasidh still seems lightweight  but that's not a problem that can be solved for this test. At least the captaincy should be better on the field even with those bowlers

[AuxiliA]

53 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

But stadiums are built by BCCI no?

 

No they are built and owned by the respective State associations. BCCI has no direct control over them.

 

But yeah BCCI can do a better job of forcing these state associations to provide better facilities. Our stadiums look and feel much better during the IPL when BCCI/private franchise owners are more involved. 

 

 

 

[Suhaan]

Kohliwale ko bh drop karna tha

[Lord]

6 minutes ago, AuxiliA said:

 

No they are built and owned by the respective State associations. BCCI has no direct control over them.

 

But yeah BCCI can do a better job of forcing these state associations to provide better facilities. Our stadiums look and feel much better during the IPL when BCCI/private franchise owners are more involved. 

 

 

 

 

But state associations will be getting a cut from BCCI money. So in effect stadiums can be expected to be better

[Lord]

25 minutes ago, Number said:

Indian express - Devendra Pandey. Never seen him go wrong.

 

He's Rohit's PR. So if hes saying it, its 99% true